Furniture Finds and a Junking Jaunt

Do you realize that while we were busy blogging,
December
sneaked up and slid into home plate?
I had no idea . . . .

Now, for some furniture and a junking jaunt!

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Would you buy this wing chair?

(Pardon the image, swiped from the Craigslist listing.)

I did.  For 30 bucks.

And it turns out, it's a Baker Museum Reproduction chair.

Hiding in ugly but excellent condition upholstery.  The whole chair in in excellent condition.

There is a pair of this same chair, in blue damask, for sale at a Connecticut antiques shop.  See?

For Sale in Connecticut, by an antiques dealer I can only think
is delusional, who has listed them for $3,750 the pair.
They look gorgeous, and I'd love to know if they eventually sell for that.
Because if so, wow.  That dealer is magic.

Anyway, I originally bought this chair thinking I'd pop it into the booth,
but this one's a keeper.  I'm also now shopping for an upholsterer.
I can't let this one go.  Anyone know a good upholsterer in New Jersey?

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Remember this demi-lune table
that I picked up awhile back from a refinisher who got bored?

It's the one on the left, and it was stripped of its old finish and left very "raw" looking.

It's an old Aesthetic Movement table, with a dab of Moorish influence tossed in for good measure.
Or it could be Renaissance Revival, or Gothic Revival, or even maybe Eastlake.

Oh, those Victorians & Edwardians loved their whimsy!

I got busy with a really great product called Feed N Wax (thank you, niece Emily)

and now it looks like this:

I love the detail on this table, and now the wood shows beautifully and the piece has a soft mellow glow. 

"I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille!"

And it is going to the booth.  Fare thee well, quirky little table!

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This is one of those days that I toss caution to the wind, and venture forth to meet a total stranger.

And hope I don't end up in the chest freezer in his basement by dinner time.

I'm going to pick up service for 8 in Theodore Haviland Varenne pattern china.
It's flowery, scalloped-y, and gilt-ed-y.  What's not to like?

Picture borrowed from Haviland Online,
a very complete website with loads of great information.

And what price for this set of china?  Same as the wing chair.

Worth the hour's drive, don't you think?

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Happy December, my friends.

Such a restful, placid month. . . .

And those of you with your houses all decorated by now?

Wow.  I am amazed, humbled, and as always suspect we are not the same species. -- Cass

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